Educating African American males
Subtitle: voices from the field
By: edited by Olatokunbo S. Fashola.
Contributors: Fashola, Olatokunbo S.
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: African American men -- Education; African American students -- Social conditions; Urban schools -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cultural Issues in Comprehensive School Reform / Robert Cooper, Will J. Jordan; title: Developing the Talents of African American Male Students During the Nonschool Hours / Olatokunbo S. Fashola; title: The Trouble With Black Boys: The Role and Influence of Environmental and Cultural Factors on the Academic Performance of African American Males / Pedro A. Noguera; title: Teachers' Perceptions and Expectations and the Black-White Test Score Gap / Ronald F. Ferguson; title: Early Schooling and Academic Achievement of African American Males / James Earl Davis; title: What's Happening to the Boys? Early High School Experiences and School Outcomes Among African American Male Adolescents in Chicago / Melissa Roderick; title: Black Males' Structural Conditions, Achievement Patters, Normative Needs, and "Opportunities" / Dena Phillips Swanson, Michael Cunningham, Margaret Beale Spencer; title: Athletics, Academics, and African American Males  Jomills Henry Braddock II.